The skylines of many of China’s major urban centres have undergone a complete transformation in recent years. As a manufacturing and economic powerhouse, China’s cityscapes have been transformed by engineers and architects who have dared to challenge everything that was thought to limit what a tall building could and should be. It can be argued that if any building type ever symbolised the emergence of a nation as successful or an economic powerhouse, it is the tall building.

Published late in 2015, Tall Buildings of China, compiled by tall buildings specialist, Georges Binder, showcases more than 100 of the tallest buildings in China across 25 cities, including those towering over the megacities of Beijing and Shanghai, as well as the emerging supercities of Chengdu, Guangzhou and Tianjin. The result is the purposeful addition of density to limited and valuable space, in some of the world’s most restricted real estate.

The reader is treated to a flash tour of the major cities of China and its new buildings, from the supertall to the megatall, including many still under construction and due to be completed in 2016 and 2017. Buildings are presented in rich, full-colour photography and renderings, many with site plans and drawings, together with building specifications and credits.

Yet, tall buildings are not new to China. Binder summarises the history of the Chinese tall building landscape from the 1930s to the present day, touching on local expertise in the development of the tall building in the region’s history in the last century. It shows too, that the region has not shied away from developing partnerships with the world’s best names in engineering and architecture to make its goals attainable.

Tall Buildings of China

Edited by Georges Binder

Forewords by A. Eugene Kohn and James von Klemperer of Kohn Pedersen Fox, and Anthony Wood of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Joe Boschetti

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